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No. 330,Z8'. PatentedNov. 10, 1885.

IlNrTnn drains Partnr @reina THEODORE BAYRHOFFEB, OF SHELBY,NEBRASKA.

SCISSORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part' of Letters Patent No, 330,257, datedNovember 10, 1885 Application filed February 9, 1885. Serial No.155,452. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known th at I, Trrnononn BAYRHOFFER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Shelby, in the county of Polk and State of Nebraska,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Scissors, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention is an improvement in scis sors, especially in the pivotor fastening by which the halves or arms of such devices are connected;and it consists in certain novel constructions, combinations, andarrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter first fully described, andthen pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of the two arms of myscissors. Figs. 2 and 3 are perspective views of the pivotplate. Fig. 4is a detail view of the securingscrews, and Fig. 5 shows aspacing-strip.

The arm A may be of ordinary construction, as may also the arm B, exceptin the particulars hereinafter described. This arm B has the inner sideof its handle end formed adjacent to its pivot with a recess, N, whichmayv be perforated by a hole or holes, x, for the fastening devices. Thepivot-plate P has its rear end or body portion made of a thickness aboutequal to the depth of the recess N, and may be secured therein byscrews, as z. The forward end of the pivot-plate is cut out on its underside to permit the proper operation of the arm A thereunder. This plateis provided through its body portion with openings y, corresponding toand registering with the openings x in the arm B, and it is alsoprovided at its forward end, which fits over the arm A. with a dependingstud or pin, C. This stud projects through an opening, O, in the arm C,and may be carried partly or entirely through a coincident opening inthearm B.

By the described construction it will be seen the pivot-plate is soconnected with arm B as to rest approximately flush with the top of thehandle thereof, thus obviating any obstructions "or projections abovethe usual surface of such arm. At the saine time the pivot will beeffected without riveting or otherwise permanently connecting the arms.

In use the arms of scissors become loose on the pivot. By my inventionthey can be readily tightened up as desired. To this end I employ one ormore plates, D, which may be of paper, cloth, thin metal, such as capcopper, or other suitable material. These plates I call spacing-plates,7and in practice they are secured between the body of plate P and the armB, and are removed from time to time as the arms wear loose, so that theforward end of such plate may be pressed closer to and against arm A, aclosejoint being preserved between the pivot-plate and the arm B.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s

l. The combination, with the arm B, having a recess or depression, N, ofthe arm A and the plate P, secured at one end in said depression N, andhaving its other end projected forward over the arm A, and provided witha pin, C, substantially as set forth.

7o 2. The combination, with the arm B, of the plate P, having its rearend removably secured to the arm B and its forward end projected forwardover arm A, and having a. pin, C, and a spacingstrip interposed betweenthe rear end of the plate-P and the arm B, substantially as set forth.

Signed this 4th day of February, 1885.

THEODORE BAYRHOFFER. Witnesses:

, PETER THELEN,

E. C. COOK.

